prezley

<p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Written as a satire on the British upper class, the song was inspired by Ray Davies's interest in&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_hall" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">music hall</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;and scorn for wealthy tourists he encountered on a 1965 vacation. The song served as an important step for the band in pivoting from raucous rock and roll to Anglocentric character studies. The song has since become one of the Kinks' most successful and best remembered, with critics singling out the song for its influence and lyrical wit.</span></p>